defenestração
Portuguese, noun/de.fe.nes.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
defenestração is spelled D-E-F-E-N-E-S-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defenestração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “defenestration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de lançar qualquer coisa pela janela ou varanda afora”.
What does defenestração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedefenestration
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de lançar qualquer coisa pela janela ou varanda afora
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of defenestração
- defenestrações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defenestração?
- Brazil /de.fe.nes.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.fe.nes.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /de.fe.neʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to defenestração
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is defenestração in Portuguese?
defenestração appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).